Analysis of Time Use Surveys Using CO-STATIS: A Multiway Data Analysis of Gender Inequalities in Time Use in Colombia

Edith Johana Medina-Hernández, María José Fernández-Gómez and Inmaculada Barrera-Mellado
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Edith Johana Medina-Hernández: Faculty of Basic Sciences, Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar (UTB), Cartagena 131001, Colombia
María José Fernández-Gómez: Statistics Department, University of Salamanca (USAL), 37007 Salamanca, Spain
Inmaculada Barrera-Mellado: Statistics Department, University of Salamanca (USAL), 37007 Salamanca, Spain

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 23, 1-20

Abstract: The aim of this article was to study 23 time use activities measured in the two latest Colombian National Time Use Surveys, taken in 2013 (with 119,899 participants over the age of 10) and in 2017 (with a sample of 122,620 participants), to identify similarities and differences between the years of the survey by gender, age group, and socioeconomic level. The study’s results were obtained using the CO-STATIS multiway multivariate data analysis technique, which is comprised of two X-STATIS analyses and co-inertia analysis. The results confirm the existence of gender issues related to time use in Colombia, which are associated with gender stereotypes that link women to unpaid work and home care, especially in low socioeconomic levels, where women face limitations in terms of the time available to earn their own income. Additionally, differences were found by socioeconomic level, where Colombians of high socioeconomic status in all age groups are able to devote more time to leisure and recreational activities.

Keywords: time use; gender inequality; multivariate analysis; CO-STATIS; X-STATIS; co-inertia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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